FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DIALYZER

MDR report key: 11787 · Received March 1, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1000906
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 1, 1994
Date of Event
January 24, 1994
Report Date
January 24, 1994
Manufacturer
TERUMO MEDICAL CORP.
Product Code
FJI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT ARRIVED IN THE DIALYSIS UNIT AMBULATORY. HE APPEARED SHORT OF BREATH; LUNGS AUSCULTATED AND BILATERAL WHEEZES WITH POOR AIR FLOW FOUND. AT 3:50 PM, DIALYSIS WAS INITIATED VIA RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN CATHETER. CATHETER WAS FUNCTIONING POORLY DUE TO THE PT'S AGITATION. AT 3:52 PM, PT BECAME EXTREMELY APPREHENSIVE, TOOK OXYGEN OFF AND SAT UP AT BEDSIDE, COLOR POOR, AND PT REFUSED TO LIE IN BED. 500 ML NORMAL SALINE AND EPINEPHRINE IV (1:10,000) GIVEN TO TRY TO RELIEVE BRONCHOSPASM. PT'S COLOR CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE AND CODE WAS CALLED AT 3:55 PM. PT APPEARED TO STOP BREATHING; HE THEN LAID FLAT IN BED AND CPR WAS INITIATED. CODE TEAM ARRIVED IMMEDIATELY. CARDIAC MONITOR SHOWED BRADYCARDIA AND ATROPINE WAS GIVEN. PT WAS INTUBATED. PT WAS AWAKE AND RESPONDED TO COMMANDS; TRANSFERRED TO CCU. (ALSO SEE 1000905 AND 1000906.)

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DIALYZER FJI TERUMO MEDICAL CORP. C121 8893110

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 *